health

At least 93 killed and missing in Israeli strike on Gaza, health ministry says

The director of the nearby Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabalia, Hussam Abu Safia, told the AFP news agency that children…

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Israeli strikes kill 38 in southern Gaza, health ministry says

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put pressure on Israel over the deteriorating…

2 years ago

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against legalising assisted dying

Cabinet ministers have been instructed not to campaign in public on either side of the issue, ahead of a vote…

2 years ago

Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization

In a statement on Sunday, the WHO praised "the Egyptian government and people" for their efforts to "end a disease…

2 years ago

Mental health patients to get job coach visits, says minister

The cost of disability benefits specifically is projected to surge almost a third in the next four to five years,…

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Lebanon crisis: Health workers and facilities ‘targeted or hit’

The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that ambulances and relief centres had been “targeted or hit in Lebanon, causing…

2 years ago

End ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says UN health agency WHO

Coronaviruses like COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “must be taken seriously” as they are particularly dangerous for at-risk…

2 years ago

Lebanon hospitals close as Israeli strikes hit health facilities

Dr Mounes Kalakish, director of the Marjayoun governmental hospital in southern Lebanon, told the BBC that the hospital had no…

2 years ago

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza kill 51, says Hamas-run health ministry

The IDF said Hamas members were operating inside "command and control centres" embedded inside Muscat, Rimal and Bureij Preparatory schools.…

2 years ago

Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 11, health ministry says

Many schools have been turned into shelters for the 1.9 million Palestinians who have fled their homes since the war…

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